Dami Im (Hangul: 임다미; RR: Im Dami, IPA: [im‿da.mi], English: DAH-mee IM; born 17 October 1988) is a Korean-born Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist performing artist. Im is known for achieving the highest Eurovision score for Australia.
Im emigrated to Australia from South Korea with her family at the age of nine. She won the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia and managed by Ken Outch at Parade Management.
After winning The X Factor, Im released her debut and winner's single "Alive", which debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. This was followed by the release of her self-titled second studio album, which debuted at number one the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Im became the first X Factor Australia contestant to follow up a number one single with a number one album on the ARIA Charts. Im's third studio album, Heart Beats, was released in 2014 and became her second top-ten album. It produced the top-twenty hits "Super Love" and "Gladiator".
Im represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "Sound of Silence", where she won the jury vote and placed fourth in the televote, coming second overall with a total of 511 points.
Classic Carpenters is the third studio album by Australian recording artist Dami Im, released on 22 April 2016 by Sony Music Australia. The album consists of cover versions of American vocal duo The Carpenters' songs. The album was certified Gold is Australia (more than 35000 units sales) in April 2017.
Genre: Pop, Jazz, Easy listening
Release date: Apr 22, 2016
Heart Beats is the third studio album by Australian recording artist Dami Im, released on 14 October 2014 by Sony Music Australia. While Im's previous self-titled second album consisted of cover songs she performed on The X Factor Australia, Heart Beats features a mixture of original ballads and up-tempo pop songs. Im worked on the album with many songwriters and producers, including Robby De Sa, Jon Hume, Christian Lo Russo, Louis Schoorl, DNA Songs, Trinity and Hayley Warner.
Genre: Pop
Release date: Oct 14, 2014
1 | Beautiful | 4:05 | Lyrics | |
2 | Solid Ground (Stop The World) | 3:49 | Lyrics | |
3 | Heart So Dry | 3:31 | Lyrics | |
4 | The Hunger | 3:39 | Lyrics | |
5 | Heart Beats Again | 3:52 | Lyrics | |
6 | One More Time | 3:47 | Lyrics | |
7 | Let Go | 3:43 | Lyrics | |
8 | Beauty In The World | 2:56 | Lyrics | |
9 | Speak Up | 4:38 | Lyrics | |
10 | Moment Just Like This | 3:14 | Lyrics | |
11 | Without You | 3:33 | Lyrics | |
12 | Living Dangerously | 4:16 | Lyrics | |
13 | Gladiator | 3:55 | Lyrics | |
14 | Super Love | 3:29 | Lyrics |